Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: OTHER NEWS Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 09:41:27 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: OTHER NEWS Publication Date: Thursday November 19, 1992 BYLINE: Executives Rank State's Weaknesses: State business leaders ranked health care costs, workers' compensation insurance, costly liability and civil litigation and steep state taxes as the top impediments to doing business here, according to a survey released by the California Business Roundtable. About 92% of the 1,325 respondents said health care costs were bad for business, while 90% cited workers' compensation, 89% picked civil suits and 83% singled out high state business taxes. The leaders also cited a cumbersome permit process and the public education system. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM